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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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FROM BETHLEHEM TO JOBDAN.<br />

•Pa.lxziL •Fi.lzziL<br />

BOOK <strong>the</strong> scattered bones should be joined into a<br />

body, to which <strong>the</strong> breath n <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Spirit would<br />

give life.<br />

<strong>The</strong>se two inferences, derived fix)m <strong>the</strong> Gospelnarratives,<br />

are in exact accordance with <strong>the</strong> whole<br />

line <strong>of</strong> ancient Jewish teaching. Beginning with <strong>the</strong><br />

LXX. rendering <strong>of</strong> Genesis xlix. 10, <strong>and</strong> especially<br />

<strong>of</strong> Numbers xxiv. 7, 17, we ga<strong>the</strong>r, that <strong>the</strong><br />

Kingdom <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Messiah</strong>^ was higher than any that<br />

is earthly, <strong>and</strong> destined to subdue <strong>the</strong>m all. But <strong>the</strong><br />

rendering <strong>of</strong> Psalm Ixxii. 5, 7 ; Psalm ex. 3 ; <strong>and</strong><br />

especially <strong>of</strong> Isaiah ix., carries us much far<strong>the</strong>r.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y convey <strong>the</strong> idea, that <strong>the</strong> existence <strong>of</strong> this<br />

<strong>Messiah</strong> was regarded as premundane (before <strong>the</strong><br />

moon,* before <strong>the</strong> morning-star^*), <strong>and</strong> eternal,"<br />

<strong>and</strong> His Person <strong>and</strong> dignity as superior to that <strong>of</strong>

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